My Home Group Brothers
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Alex E.
| Spring Valley, Calif.
His life “a perfect storm of grief and failure,” he turned to the men in his home group
My First AA Experience
January 2017
She attended her first meeting drunk and the hand of AA did not reach out to her. Sober ten years later, she remembers with resentment—and forgivness.
Radical Reformation
November 1997
By:
Dr. Dave
| Naples, Florida
A Professor of Religious Studies Finds AA
Anything Wrong With AA?
November 1997
By:
Anonymous
| Manhattan, New York
(From the March 1964 Grapevine)
Corporate Poverty
March 1997
This article is adapted from a presentation given by Gary A. Glynn, Class A (nonalcoholic) trustee at a general sharing session of the General Service Board, October 1994.
The Day the Movers Came
October 1971
By:
R. C. K.
| Los Angeles, California
This move was to be well organized--even to the half-gallon jug to nip on while packing
Our Experience Has Taught Us. . .
November 1956
Getting Filled Up
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Phillip B.
| Lewis Center, Ohio
How a quick stop for gas in Las Vegas began as a robbery and turned out to be a moment for hope
I’m Not Going To Drink Today
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Dionne M.
| Savannah, Ga.
Who could have imagined that her obsession to drink would be lifted when she reached out for a white chip?
Missing All The Hugs
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Johnny O.
| Kearny, N.J.
As life takes a swing at us, we seem to be responding like the champs we are. With God’s grace, life will settle down and hopefully we’ll return to our meetings.
Rambling On
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
We looked at each other in dismay and rolled our eyes when Lea started to share. We fidgeted, coughed, sipped coffee, tried to stare her down, all to no avail.
The best things in life Aren’t things
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Jim in Tasmania
| Devonport, Tasmania
There’s nothing here I wish wasn’t. I’m more content in my old house than I would be in a five-star hotel anywhere else in the world.
Hula Hoop Larry and the Serenity Prayer
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Becky P.
The riddle of the Serenity Prayer explained
The True Story of a Miracle
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Anonymous
A true AA mentor passes on—but his “fallen angels” remain behind
Public Information
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Karrie S.
| Ft. Wayne, Ind.
How the author became a member of a PI committee—and how service enriches her life
Get the coffee brewing
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Dana W.
| Agana Heights
It’s Thursday noon, and someone on Guam needs a meeting. Stations everyone!
Out of Fear, Into Service
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Pat S.
| Gravenhurst, Ontario
From panic attacks to being a confident DCM: a story of love, service and sobriety
Relief Is Not Release
July 2018
By:
Bob S.
| Richmond, Ind.
He’d been sober a long time, but a glass of whiskey nearly found its way into his hand. It was because he wasn’t fully living the program
Speaking of humility
July 2018
By:
John P.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
What? After weeks of research and rehearsal for his big talk about Step Seven they chose a different speaker?